The funny thing is I don’t believe there are many living true nihilists, because if nothing truly matters they would simply do nothing and likely die.
Of course most of them don’t do that, at the very least because of bodily pain/pleasure/fear, which at best makes them a hedonist.
And if they start invoking any singular “logic” for how the world should work, like social darwinism, then they flat out don’t understand what “no meaning” means, ironically. Look up the is/ought paradox, you can’t claim the world should be anything without some arbitrary belief. Which means that the only things that truly view the world with no meaning are things that can’t or don’t intentionally act on the world, ie inanimate objects.
It just feels like a way to pester people into “opting out” of any philosophical discussion and give up on life when they themselves aren’t even committing to their “ideals”.
The funny thing is I don’t believe there are many living true nihilists, because if nothing truly matters they would simply do nothing and likely die.
Of course most of them don’t do that, at the very least because of bodily pain/pleasure/fear, which at best makes them a hedonist.
And if they start invoking any singular “logic” for how the world should work, like social darwinism, then they flat out don’t understand what “no meaning” means, ironically. Look up the is/ought paradox, you can’t claim the world should be anything without some arbitrary belief. Which means that the only things that truly view the world with no meaning are things that can’t or don’t intentionally act on the world, ie inanimate objects.
It just feels like a way to pester people into “opting out” of any philosophical discussion and give up on life when they themselves aren’t even committing to their “ideals”.